Elliott Abrams, US envoy, went to Cúcuta with humanitarian aid for Venezuela

The Special Representative for Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, from February 21 to 22, from the Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, to the border town of Cucuta, Colombia., to support the delivery of humanitarian aid to some of Venezuela's most vulnerable people, in response to the request of interim President Juan Guaidó.

According to a statement from the State Department "the special representative Abrams will lead a delegation of the US government accompany the humanitarian supplies that will be transported from Florida to Colombia in a military plane. "

In addition, it is expected that in Colombia, the representative Special Abrams will meet with President Ivan Duque and delegations visiting Central and South America.

Assistance was received at the airport of Camilo Daza by representatives of the US State Department, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), members of the Colombian government and representatives of the Speaker of the Venezuelan Parliament, Juan Guaidó, who proclaimed acting president of the country last January.

The Duke received the delegation and greeted Abrams, who arrived on a US military plane.

The United States and Colombia were the first countries to which the majority of American and European states adhered, recognizing Guaidó as interim president. on January 23, the leader of the opposition obtained the powers of the Venezuelan executive.

Cúcuta, as well as Curacao and the Brazilian state of Roraima, are the collection points for humanitarian aid, whose entry to Venezuela should be attempted on February 23, Guaidó said Tuesday.

However, the government of President Nicolás Maduro has repeatedly warned that it will prohibit the entry of humanitarian aid and will even block the Tienditas bridge with a cistern and containerson the border with Colombia, where help should be available.

This week, the United States has flown Additional humanitarian aid to Colombia to help those affected by the political and economic crisis caused by the man in Venezuela.

These aid supplies are the last to be flown in and located in Colombia as part of humanitarian aid the United States, which began earlier this month at the request of Venezuela's interim President, Juan Guaidó.

From February 4 to 22, 2019, The United States has located 191 tons of critical humanitarian supplies in Colombia "to help tens of thousands of Venezuelans suffering from shortages of food and medicine."